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Nearest Communities to Dovray,
Listed County-By-County

The purpose of this page is to identify those communities that are closest to Dovray, on a County-by-County basis. To explain further, let's use the example from the Genealogy Helper Page for Dovray:

We have great-grandparents who lived in a small city in the southeast corner of their home county. During their lives, most hospitals were in the next county to the east. Almost all of the nearby churches and cemeteries were in the county to the south.

When doing our research, we make it a practice to expand our search by looking in neighboring counties in addition to the county in which they lived:  their home county contained property and probate records; the county to the east contained birth and death records; the county to the south contained their burial records. If we hadn't checked the neighboring counties, we would have missed many valuable sources of information.

Keep in mind that when we give a distance, it's a 'straight-line' distance from Dovray.<1>

If you're researching your genealogy, we hope that the following information helps.

Dovray is located in Murray County.

The following 6 counties adjoin and form the boundaries of Murray County: Cottonwood, Lyon, Nobles, Pipestone, Redwood & Rock.

Our Gazetteer shows that there are 61 communities within 40 miles [64.4 km]<1> of Dovray. Of these communities, 47 are located in counties other than Murray County.

We usually exclude communities where we still need to verify their location,<2> but for the purpose of this page, we have included the unverified ('unver') and historic ('hist') communities.

After starting with the home county for Dovray (which is Murray County), we list the counties in alphabetical order and for each of those counties, the closest communities are listed in order of their distance from Dovray

For the following list, only those counties that contain communities within 40 miles [64.4 km] are displayed.

  • Murray County   (where Dovray resides)
    • County Website:   https://www.murray-countymn.com/
    • County Seat for Murray:   Slayton
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Dovray   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Dovray.
      • Currie
        (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
      • The Lakes
        (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
        • The Lakes is located in Murray County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for The Lakes
      • Owanka
        (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
        • Owanka is located in Murray County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Owanka
      • Avoca
        (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
        • Avoca is located in Murray County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Avoca
        • Population from the 2020 Census: 134 people
      • Lime Creek
        (11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
        • Lime Creek is located in Murray County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lime Creek
      • Slayton
        (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
      • Fulda
        (12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
      • Wirock
        (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
        • Wirock is located in Murray County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wirock
      • Iona
        (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
      • Hadley
        (15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
      • Lowville
        (15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
        • Lowville is located in Murray County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lowville
      • Current Lake
        (20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
        • Current Lake is located in Murray County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Current Lake
      • Lake Wilson
        (20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
        • Lake Wilson is located in Murray County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake Wilson
        • Population from the 2020 Census: 224 people
      • Chandler
        (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
        • Chandler is located in Murray County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chandler
        • Population from the 2020 Census: 246 people
  • Brown County
  • Cottonwood County
    • County Website:   https://www.co.cottonwood.mn.us/
    • County Seat for Cottonwood:   Windom
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Dovray   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Dovray.
      • Westbrook
        (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
      • Storden
        (11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
      • Jeffers
        (17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
        • Jeffers is located in Cottonwood County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jeffers
        • Population from the 2020 Census: 346 people
      • Delft
        (23 miles [37 km] to the east)
        • Delft is located in Cottonwood County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Delft
      • Windom
        (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
        • Windom is located in Cottonwood County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Windom
        • Population from the 2020 Census: 4,403 people
        • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Windom <3>
      • Bingham Lake
        (26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
  • Jackson County
    • County Website:   https://www.co.jackson.mn.us/
    • County Seat for Jackson:   Jackson
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Dovray   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Dovray.
      • Heron Lake
        (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
        • Heron Lake is located in Jackson County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Heron Lake
        • Population from the 2020 Census: 643 people
      • Miloma
        (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
        • Miloma is located in Jackson County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Miloma
      • Wilder
        (23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
      • Okabena
        (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
      • Rost
        (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
        • Rost is located in Jackson County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rost
  • Lyon County
    • County Website:   https://www.lyonco.org/
    • County Seat for Lyon:   Marshall
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Dovray   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Dovray.
      • Tracy
        (13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
      • Garvin
        (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
        • Garvin is located in Lyon County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Garvin
        • Population from the 2020 Census: 129 people
      • Amiret
        (19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
      • Balaton
        (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
      • Burchard
        (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
        • Burchard is located in Lyon County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burchard
      • Dudley
        (26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
        • Dudley is located in Lyon County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dudley
      • Russell
        (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
        • Russell is located in Lyon County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Russell
        • Population from the 2020 Census: 343 people
      • Florence
        (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
        • Florence is located in Lyon County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Florence
        • Population from the 2020 Census: 35 people
      • Lynd
        (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
      • Village Park
        (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
        • Village Park is located in Lyon County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Village Park
      • Garvin Park
        (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
        • Garvin Park is located in Lyon County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Garvin Park
      • Marshall
        (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
  • Nobles County
    • County Website:   https://www.co.nobles.mn.us/
    • County Seat for Nobles:   Worthington
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Dovray   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Dovray.
      • Dundee
        (14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
        • Dundee is located in Nobles County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dundee
        • Population from the 2020 Census: 67 people
      • Kinbrae
        (16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
      • Pfingsten
        (18 miles [29 km] to the south)
        • Pfingsten is located in Nobles County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pfingsten
      • Brewster
        (24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
      • Saint Kilian
        (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
        • Saint Kilian is located in Nobles County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saint Kilian
      • Wilmont
        (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
      • Reading
        (25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
        • Reading is located in Nobles County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Reading
      • Leota
        (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
        • Leota is located in Nobles County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leota
      • Lismore
        (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
        • Lismore is located in Nobles County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lismore
        • Population from the 2020 Census: 218 people
      • Worthington
        (29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
  • Pipestone County
  • Redwood County

Footnotes ...

<1>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Dovray) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.
<2>Our data comes from many sources and some sources are more dependable than others. When we add communities to our Gazetteer, we try to verify that we have the correct location for the community. We mark a community as 'Unverified' when we aren't confident about our data and want to do further checking.

We use the term 'Historic' broadly and it generally means that the community no longer exists. However, it can also mean that the community might still exist, but was larger or had a more 'official' existence in the past than it does now.

Since our Gazetteer contains over 100,000 communities, verifying everything is going to take time. If you find an error or can help us to improve our accuracy, please let us know.
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